Susan Vermeer @susanvermeer.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Wageningen University & Research・Political communication, news use (among adolescents), computational methods・PhD @ ASCoR
Australian Internet Observatory (AIO) @internetobservatory.org.au Advancing research in HASS & RDC through the development of a National Research Infrastructure equipped with cutting-edge tools, data, and training. Empowering Australian digital research for a better future. #AIO
Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social Professor of Digital Communication and Director of the QUT Digital Media Research Centre. Cyclist, beer brewer, nerd, community advocate.
Hannah Decker @hannahdecker.bsky.social PhD / Postdoc @ddc-sdu.bsky.social
Social Media Secretary @mepsy.bsky.social
Research interests: Political communication & psychology, Social media exposure & campaigning, Political attitudes & values, Media literacy
Anja Bechmann @anjabechmann.bsky.social Researching collective behavior in AI-powered communication, Professor & Director of DATALAB - Center for Digital Social Research, Aarhus University, Denmark. PI: SoMe Influence project https://dff.dk/, member https://royalacademy.dk/. 
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social Since 1967, the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis has provided social science methods training for hundreds of participants each year. Offering over 40 Courses in 2025, online and in-person
Learn more at: https://essexsummerschool.com/
Celia Groothedde @celiagroothedde.bsky.social Brussels volksvertegenwoordiger en senatrice voor @Groen. Schrijfster, feministe, mama, Brussel.
Luc Sels @lucsels.bsky.social Rector KU Leuven
Manu Machimbarrena @machimbarrena.bsky.social Ph.D in Psychology. Associate professor @upvehu.bsky.social Research on media use & relation to adolescents' health. Human being in a continous learning experience
Kevin Smets @kevinsmets.bsky.social Professor media & culture. Teaches film history @ Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Social and political aspects of film culture. ERC project www.reelborders.eu. Research group ECHO: Media, Culture & Politics
Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social 🔎 Assistant Professor of Science Communication
📍 Wageningen University & Research @w-u-r.bsky.social
🏠 www.nielsmede.com
Roel Vande Winkel @roel-1974.bsky.social Media scholar, film historian. Associate Professor at KU Leuven. Course Director of FilmMemory at LUCA School of Arts. Co-Editor of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.
Samenleving & Politiek @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social Het politieke maandblad in Vlaanderen
Sinds 1994
www.sampol.be/abonneer
Marijn Martens @marijnmartens.bsky.social Thinking @imec_mict_UGent, interested in all new things & focusing on Digital Disconnection, Digital Harms and AI
Nathalie Van Raemdonck @nathalievanraemdonck.com Social media networks and social norms, freshly minted PhD from Brussels University (VUB). Belgian living in Barcelona, internet night crawler, STS
NEWSFLOWS_ERC @newsflows.bsky.social Feedback loops | news | social media | democracy | @erc.europa.eu | @journstudiesvu.bsky.social | newsflows.eu
João Pedro Quintais @jpquintais.bsky.social Associate Professor, Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam. Researching on Platform Regulation, intermediary liability, content moderation and intellectual property (mostly copyright).
w: https://www.ivir.nl/profile/quintais/
Marijn Sax @marijnsax.bsky.social I do philosophy for a living at the Institute for Information Law (UvA) and research online manipulation.
Media Culture & Policy Lab @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social KU Leuven, Department of Commmunication Science.
The Media Culture & Policy Lab investigates the complex interactions between people, media, and culture to foster social cohesion, inclusivity, and critical dialogue.
Rowan Daneels @rowandaneels.bsky.social PhD in Communication Studies
Affiliated researcher @UAntwerp
Studying eudaimonia, games and more
DiGRA Belgium board member
Elif KILIK @elifkilik.bsky.social PhD candidate @UAntwerpen | Lecturer @UvA_Amsterdam | Computational Social Science, NLP, media, journalism & democracy | 🇹🇷&🇳🇱
Brigitte Naderer @briginad.bsky.social 
@nelejanssens.bsky.social @nelejanssens.bsky.social PhD researcher @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social | KU Leuven
Interested in digital media use as part of familial interactions 👩👩👧👦📱
Marie Verstappen @verstappenmarie.bsky.social PhD researcher at the Media, Information and Persuasion Lab @kuleuven 🎓
Studying the remediation of news on social media 🤳
Steven Van Wolputte @stevenvanwolputte.bsky.social Social and cultural anthropologist with a focus on southern Africa, anthropology of life emerging, graphic anthropology. And comics.
David Geerts @davidgeerts.bsky.social Belgian living in Portugal - Human-Centered AI - User Experience - Digital Ethics
@laraschreurs.bsky.social @laraschreurs.bsky.social Tenure track assistant professor at the Media Psychology Lab, KU Leuven, Belgium. Interested in media literacy, media effects, well-being, adolescents
Dr. Chelly Maes @chellymaes.bsky.social Communication scientist investigating digitalization in youth's development 📱
✔️Guest Professor @University of Antwerp
✔️Postdoc @SEA Lab of UNC, Dep of Psych & Neuroscience
✔️Affiliated to Media Psychology Lab of KU Leuven
https://chellymaes.com
@yborgonjon.bsky.social @yborgonjon.bsky.social 
Robyn Vanherle @robynvanherle.bsky.social Guest Professor at VUB and FWO Postdoctoral Researcher at Media Psychology Lab (KU Leuven) |✍️ Exploring the challenges and opportunities of digitalization on youth’s physical and psychosocial well-being
Jolan Urkens @jolanurkens.bsky.social PhD candidate @ASCoR – misinformation, organizations, and trust – interested in popular perceptions / contestations of science, media, politics, and industry.
Antwerp / Amsterdam
Tobias Kleineidam @tobiaskleineidam.bsky.social PhD candidate in Communication Science @UvA_ASCoR 🧐👉 voters, social norms, & how politicians talk during election campaigns
Phil Dutré 🇧🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱 @philipdutre.bsky.social #Professor, #KULeuven #ComputerScience, #Geek4life, #ComputerGraphics, #universiteit, #HigherEducation, #hogeronderwijs, #onderwijs, #MilitaryHistory, #Wargaming, #Tolkien, #LedZep, #booklover #doglover. Messages = pers opinions.
Joost van Spanje @joostvanspanje.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, RH University of London
elections | new parties | cordons sanitaires | hate speech | militant democracy | political communication
Bitcoin and politics, media & public opinion
ERC Consolidator Grant | NWO Veni & Vidi
@ferrewouters.bsky.social @ferrewouters.bsky.social 
Heleen Dekoninck @heleendekoninck.bsky.social PhD in Social Media Effects & Environmental Communication @MediaPsychologyLab | youth, social media & pro-environmental behavior
Lise-Lore Steeman @lise-loresteeman.bsky.social PhD researcher Communication Science, KU Leuven I Interested in media portrayal of underrepresented groups and communication campaigns
Darian Harff @darianharff.bsky.social Postdoc @univie.ac.at. PhD at KU Leuven. Research in the area of media psychology and political communication.
Internet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social Journal for internet studies. Interdisciplinary & open access. Published by @hiigberlin.bsky.social & @cais-research.bsky.social in cooperation with @create-glasgow.bsky.social @cis-cnrs.bsky.social IN3 @uocuniversitat.bsky.social & Skytte Institute UT
Sabine Trepte @sabinetrepte.bsky.social Professor | Communication & Media Psychology | University of Hohenheim, Germany | social media, identity, privacy, knowledge, diversity in science | mother of 3 | she/her
Steven Eggermont @steveneggermont.bsky.social Professor at the Media Psychology Lab | Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences | KU Leuven
Silke Brandsen @silkebrandsen.bsky.social PhD student and teaching assistant at the Media, Information & Persuasion Lab, KU Leuven | Researching children and news
Käbi Vanwinkelen @kabivanwinkelen.bsky.social PhD researcher @Media Information and Persuasion Lab, KU Leuven | Researching digital media, food habits and vulnerable populations.
Media, Information & Persuasion Lab @miplab.bsky.social KU Leuven, Department of Communication Science. The Media, Information & Persuasion Lab (MIP Lab) is a research group focusing on the role of media, information, and persuasion in society. 
Media Psychology Lab @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social KU Leuven, Department of Communication Science, Media Psychology Lab; researchers interested in the academic and fundamental study of media uses and effects
Teresa Weikmann @teresaelena.bsky.social Postdoc @ascor.bsky.social & BENEDMO
she/her | visual political communication
Tom De Leyn @tomdeleyn.bsky.social Assistant professor in digitalization & communication @ SSW - UHasselt | Affiliated researcher imec-mict-ugent | Researching social media, youth, digital well-being, privacy & digital inclusion
Lucie Wittner Franckx @luciewittnerfx.bsky.social PhD Researcher at KU Leuven Media, Information & Persuasion Lab (MIP)
Etmaal2026 @etmaal2026.bsky.social Welcome to the official Bluesky account of Etmaal 2026! | #Etmaal2026 | Hosted by the Strategic Communication Group at Wageningen University and Research | etmaal2026@wur.nl
European Digital Media Observatory @edmo-eu.bsky.social We bring together fact-checkers, media literacy practitioners, scholars, journalists, and online platforms to tackle disinformation. Based at @eui-eu.bsky.social. Visit us at www.edmo.eu.
Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social Senior Researcher @gesis.org // Data Editor @polcommjournal.bsky.social
🔎 political communication (#polsky + #commsky) with text analysis and #rstats (#opendata + #openscience)
🌏 JohannesBGruber.eu
👨💻 research software github.com/JBGruber
Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social
Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality
Editor-in-Chief at EJPR @ejprjournal.bsky.social
http://www.alessandro-nai.com
Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu Computational Communication Scientist #rstats | Postdoc Researcher | University of Amsterdam | @ascor.bsky.social | @algosoc.org | Blog: favstats.eu | Running on plant-based fuel 🌱 | he/him
Lennert Coenen @lennertcoenen.bsky.social Communication Scientist @ Tilburg University. Interested in stats, methods, philosophy, and other things that make me seem remotely sophisticated.
Andrea L. Guzman, PhD @teachguz.bsky.social Scholar. Author. Public Speaker. Educator. Artificial Intelligence + 🤖+ Media. Human-Machine Communication & Human-Computer Interaction. Former journalist.
https://andrealguzman.net
Latest book: "The SAGE Handbook of Human-Machine Communication"
DEMINE @demineproject.bsky.social DEaling with conflicts related to MIgration: NEgotiating social cohesion through communication, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN)
Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social Welcome to the Amsterdam Law School. We draw students from around the world, bringing a truly international atmosphere. Go to: uva.nl/law
Gijs Fannes @gijsfannes.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher at the Media, Information & Persuasion Lab, Department of Communication Science KU Leuven | Researching crisis communication, public relations, and language
Maarten Rabaey @maartenrabaey.bsky.social Journalist De Morgen. International politics. Geostrategic affairs. Interviews.
Dad. Loves to run in the mountains.
Steven Van Hecke @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social Europe | Politics | KU Leuven
→ https://soc.kuleuven.be/io/stevenvanhecke
→ https://shop.acco.be/nl-be/items/9789033402074/Het-kantelende-continent
Giselinde Kuipers @giselinde.bsky.social Sociologist studying frivolous things and their serious consequences
Work: KU Leuven(BE)
Home: Utrecht(NL)
If you don't understand what I write it's probably Dutch.
More on my ERC project: sociologyofbeauty.eu
Meer over Lelijke Mooie Wereld: dasmag.nl
Anaëlle Gonzalez @gonzalezanaelle.bsky.social French Political psychologist + Postdoctoral researcher at the @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social (KU Leuven) | Teens, (social) media use, influencers, politics and morality | Poetry lover & dog mom
www.anaellegonzalez.com
Leen d’Haenens @leendhaenens.bsky.social Professor Communication Science KU Leuven, Head Media Culture & Policy Lab, editor Communications.The European J of Communication Research, member Euromedia Research Group
Tim Smits @timsmitstim.bsky.social Full professor of persuasion and marketing communication, Leuven university @miplab.bsky.social Research on food communication. Vice dean of education
KU Leuven Instituut voor de Overheid-Public Governance Institute @io-pgi-kuleuven.bsky.social Public Governance Institute (PGI) // Instituut voor de Overheid (IO) //
Faculty of Social Sciences at KU Leuven, Belgium
👉 Research, education, lifelong learning & public governance advice
🌍 www.instituutvoordeoverheid.be
Baldwin Van Gorp @baldwinvangorp.bsky.social Full professor journalism & communication; director Media, Information & Persuasion Lab KU Leuven; comics lover; TEDx speaker; book author
Babette Hermans @babettehermans.bsky.social PhD researcher @KULeuven
Passionate about books, news and niche internet references
Vienna Media Change & Innovation Lab @vmci-univie.bsky.social Research group @ Department of Communication, U of Vienna.
digital media use in youth | political engagement in digital environments | media change & social relations | media innovation & autonomy
Lise-Marie Nassen @lisemarienassen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher at ASCoR, University of Amsterdam // researching digital disconnection & well-being
https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/n/a/l.j.m.nassen/l.j.m.nassen.html
Eduard Cuelenaere @deduard.bsky.social Media & film scholar at Ghent University & Vrije Universiteit Brussel
www.eduardcuelenaere.com
Sarah Murru @sarahmurru.bsky.social Slowly getting to know this New space.
Assistant Professor in Sociology at KU Leuven.
Resistance Studies & Feminist Research.
Free Palestine
Raf Weverbergh @rafweverbergh.bsky.social Managing partner at @FINNbe - communication strategist. I post about communication, business and politics. Based in Brussels.
https://finn.agency 
Cato Waeterloos @catowaeterloos.bsky.social Assistant Professor Digitalization and Communication Sciences at School of Social Sciences UHasselt | Researching digital and social media, political engagement, democracy, youth | she/her
Bieke Zaman @biekezaman.bsky.social Professor of Digital Media + Human-Computer Interaction | Director of the KU Leuven Digital Society Institute
Researching how we shape digital media & how digital media shape us. | Interests: video gaming, gambling, children, participatory design, art
Ellen Van Houtven @ellenvanhoutven.bsky.social PhD researcher @MediaPsychologyLab KU Leuven | FWO fellow | media effects | adolescents | diversity
Eva Grosemans @evagrosemans.bsky.social Eva | Postdoc @Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven. Working on video games and monetary/simulated gambling (advertising) at
the Gam(e)(a)ble project 🎮 DiGRA Belgium representative.
ReDICo @redico.eu ReDICo: Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively. redico.eu
An interdisciplinary project exploring intercultural practices and discourses within digital spaces and beyond.
Join our research hub: hub.redico.eu
Gaëlle Vanhoffelen @gvanhoffelen.bsky.social PhD researcher @mediapsychologylab.bsky.social & @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social | online (authentic) self-presentations & adolescents’ identity development | KU Leuven
Margot Lissens @margotlissens.bsky.social PhD candidate @ KU Leuven & University of Vienna, studying political communication and its effects on social media
Jeroen Van Schependom @jeroenvs.bsky.social Associate Professor NeuroEngineering, interested in brain dynamics, neuromodulation and cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis
@vub_etro, @AIMS_VUB, @VUBrussel, Member @JongeAcademie
Sven Rogge @svenrogge.bsky.social Associate Research Professor Ghent University * @ERC.europa.eu StG Grantee - STRAINSWITCH * Engineering Physicist * Co-president @JongeAcademie.bsky.social
Sebastian Cole @sebascole.bsky.social Researcher at IMK, University of Oslo | media and communication | music | algorithms | streaming platforms
Jonge Academie @jongeacademie.bsky.social Groep van wetenschappers en kunstenaars met een eigen kijk en invloed op maatschappij, wetenschap, beleid & kunst
www.jongeacademie.be
#JongeAcademie
Ruud Jacobs @ruudxiv.bsky.social Communication science, media psychology, and game studies at the University of Twente. He/him
Kenza Lamot @kenzalamot.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Journalism Studies @journstudiesvu.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social | #NWO VENI laureate 2024 | Research "Beyond Clicks and Metrics in Journalism"
Journalism Studies VU Amsterdam @journstudiesvu.bsky.social Journalism Studies Group @vuamsterdam.bsky.social specializing in news use and media audiences. Posts in Dutch and English. RTs ≠ endorsement.
https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/faculties/faculty-of-humanities/more-about/journalism
Sigrid Somers @sigridsomers.bsky.social Head of KU Leuven Press Office & Policy Communications | Spokesperson
Razieh Pourafshari @rzhprfshr.bsky.social PhD student in Communication. Studying tech habits and time. The Ohio State University
Anne Schulz @annisch.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Communication at IKMZ, University of Zurich and Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social Prof of Media and Journalism Studies @unigroningen.bsky.social | director RMeS | coordinator UNL Digital Society | chair Digital Literacy Coalition | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcel-Broersma
Luca Carbone @luca-carbone.bsky.social Postdoc at KU Leuven @mediapsychologylab • Affiliated Harvard @weatherheadcenter • media, youth, mental health, social inequalities, CSS www.lucacarbone.com
Lendert Gelens @lendertgelens.bsky.social Part-time physicist-turned-biologist studying early embryos and the cell cycle @KU Leuven, full-time dad to two active boys. Visualizing academic data trends in Flanders.
www.gelenslab.org | https://academic-compass.be/en/
Laura @lauravandenbosch.bsky.social Professor @ Media Psychology Lab KU Leuven 🧑🎓
Nicola Fox Hamilton, PhD 🍉 @nicolafh.bsky.social She/her. Cyberpsychology at IADT. Researches online communication & dating
Hosts a cyberpsychology podcast - “In Bits” with @drliam.bsky.social
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6R1n04owVEAH4k8OaajcyZ?si=evh1YzIJSX6XhNubur-A8A
Www.nicolafoxhamilton.com
Mathias Vermeulen @mathver.bsky.social EU law and tech policy, mostly musings on content moderation, platform governance, privacy, AI. Now: Co-Founder & Director @awo.agency. Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Then: EU Parliament. UN. Mozilla. PhD in EU law.
Ine Goovaerts @inegoovaerts.bsky.social Postdoc at M²P, University of Antwerp | Research focus on political communication, incivility, deliberation, polarization.
Ike @ikepicone.bsky.social Associate Professor Journalism/Media Studies @ Vrije Universiteit Brussel, news use research at SMIT, media research at Mediapunt Vlaanderen, Green OA publications @ http://www.ikepicone.be.
Lene Heiselberg @dieheiselberg.bsky.social Associate Professor, PhD. Journalism Audience Studies @ University of Southern Denmark.
Kiran Kappeler @kirankappeler.bsky.social PhD in media & comms
Currently a postdoctoral researcher @ University of Copenhagen
🔍research:📱digital society ⚙️algorithms 👁dataveillance ⚡️digital inequality